Lorig20

We've decided to get an indoor trainer to get some winter exercise and minimize the breaking in time when warm weather returns. There are three of us, my husband and I and our adult son that are totally recreational riders.

I've been researching trainers the last couple of days and am interested in the Cycleops fluid 2. I'm curious how easy it would be for all three of us to use? I doubt were talking 3 of us waiting turns to use it, but we'll probably be switching it out every few days maybe. I probably ride the most currently, and I only ride less than 300 miles a summer. My husband only can deal with a 8-10 mile ride once in awhile, ( he won't put the time in to break his butt in, if he gets sore he thinks it has to totally "heal" before riding again) He was just advised by his doctor that he is pre diabetic, and needs to exercise, so I'm hoping he'll ride more. My son can really rack up the miles, but he tends to do monthly 70 plus mile rides, rather than riding more often.

I'm hoping we can all use a trainer and I'm trying to figure out if switching out will be easy or too much of a pain.

DMC707

This is not the exact response your looking for, but i found a nice Lemond studio type spin cycle from a secondhand re-seller of commercial gym equipment for $175 and have using that as opposed to putting my bike on a trainer

valygrl

By "switching out" do you mean putting the bike on and off the trainer? That is super easy, nothing to it - takes 15 seconds. You might want to pick up a couple extra trainer skewers, if you don't want to bother switching those out. I just leave my trainer skewer on my bike all year, other people switch to a lighter skewer for outdoor rides.

Lorig20

I think I figured out the answer,between some YouTube videos and the salesman at the bike shop. I just think we each need our own skewer for our bikes and since they're all road bikes, they should each fit in the trainer with minimal adjustment.

I went ahead and picked up a fluid 2

Machka 

Rowan and I each have our own trainers. Well ... we've got 2 trainers which we can both use, and 1 set of rollers which he uses.

It isn't too difficult to switch bicycles, but I know I'd be more motivated to ride if I didn't have to switch bicycles.

RomansFiveEight

My wife and I share a trainer (Kurt Kinetic Road Machine, similar to what you've got). Nothing to it. We swap and do our rides. Eventually I'll get a second one.

As for your husbands comfort issue; in my experience, my butt hurts more on the trainer. I have trouble pedaling out of the saddle on the trainer so I do it less often, and there's no stopping at intersections or descending down hill (I always put my weight on my pedals when coasting and get off the saddle; just to pre-empt saddle pain). Might be time to investigate the shorts and saddle combo. Usually a thinner, stiffer saddle (sounds counterintuitive, but it's true!) will prevent the numbness and pain.

Every spring I hop on my motorcycle for the first time and my butt hurts. A couple months in, and I'm good to ride all day. Our butts really do break-in!